More Inspirations
2023 studio album by Saxon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
More Inspirations is the second cover album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released on 24 March 2023.
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| Released | 24 March 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Studio | Brockfield Hall, The Big Silver Barn | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 39:50 | |||
| Label | Silver Lining Music | |||
| Producer | Biff Byford | |||
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Background
As its predecessor Inspirations, the album consists of covers from the 1960s and 1970s. The Faith Healer was released as a single on 16 January 2023.[1][2]
Reception
More Inspirations was the band's first studio album since Call to Arms (2011) to not enter the UK Albums Chart top 100. As with every Saxon studio album in the last 16 years, More Inspirations entered the charts in all of the three German-speaking countries.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | The Animals, 1965 | 3:39 |
| 2. | "The Faith Healer" | Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, 1973 | 6:28 |
| 3. | "From the Inside" | Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, David Foster, Dick Wagner | Alice Cooper, 1978 | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Chevrolet" | Billy F. Gibbons | ZZ Top, 1972 | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Substitute" | Pete Townshend | The Who, 1966 | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Gypsy" | Mick Box, David Byron | Uriah Heep, 1970 | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Man on the Silver Mountain" | Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio | Rainbow, 1975 | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Detroit Rock City" | Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin | Kiss, 1976 | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Razamanaz" | Dan McCafferty, Darrell Sweet, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew | Nazareth, 1973 | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Tales of Brave Ulysses" | Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp | Cream, 1967 | 3:20 |
Personnel
Saxon
- Biff Byford – lead vocals
- Paul Quinn – guitars
- Doug Scarratt – guitars
- Nibbs Carter – bass
- Nigel Glockler – drums
Charts
| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 63 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] | 108 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 30 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] | 15 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 23 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] | 5 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12] | 5 |
References
External links
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